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•Í m J Will Be the First OREGON. WRITS or Bit MI Aw Interesth.j Collection of Kuns From the Two Hemispheres Presented in a Condensed Governor of \ ________ Form. There are about 27,000 Chinese in Hawaii. Secretary Hay has started another canal treaty. An American deserter who acted as Cailles* lieutenant haB been placed in irons. Fire destroyed business buildings and warehouses in Portland, Or., to the value of $60,(MX). The loss of life in West flood will not be as large as ported, while property loss greater. A man in Chicago who attempted to stop a quarrel between two other men, accidentally shot and killed one of them. Washington’s state grain inspector predicts that 25,(XX),000 bushels of wheat will be harvested in that state this year. A saillxjat containing a young man and three girls capsized on Curquinez straits, in California, drowning in; of the girls and the young man. Brazil has formally accepted the invitation to participate in the Pan- American congress of nations. It is thought other Booth American re publics will now follow this lead. Frederick H. Davies, for many years prominent as a civil engineer on railroads running out of Chicago, was killed while attempting to pre vent a wreck on the Baltimore & Ohio, near Midland, Ohio. A b a result fo the war between the United States and Spain, a new principle has been established, which prevents neutral menofwar entering or departing from a blockaded port without the consent of the blockad ing fleet. Three lives were lost in a storm at Pittsburg. All insurgent prisoners on Luzon will lie released. Arollio’s force in Batangas is ex pected to surrender. President McKinley will visit the northwest next year. Several strikers were wounded in riots at Columbia, 8. C. Earl Russell will be tried by the house of lords for bigamy. The transport Indiana sailed from Manila with coast artillery. Holland will reclaim a whole pro vince from the ZuyAer Zee. Cortez, the Texas assassin, is sup posed to have been captured. The Prussian crop shortage is the most serious in recent years. Cailles, the Filipino leader, surren dered his force at Santa Cruz. General Chaffee has been appointed military governor of the Philippines. Public buildings at Manila are to be turned over to the civil authorities. The secretary of state has addressed the Russian government on the tariff question. Adelbert 8. Hay, son of secretary of BLite llay, fell from a New Haven, Conn., hotel window and was killed. State of Oregon has begun a suit to collect bond of ex-Bchool Clerk Davis, who ombezzled alsmt $31,(XX). At least 200 perished by floods in the Pocahontas, West Virginia, coal region. The property loss will reach $2, (XX), (XX). General Corbin has started for the Philippines. A new political party has been launched in Kansas City. A pro-IIoer meeting in London was the scene of much disorder. Under the new ruling no duty has been collected on Russian oil. One hundred thousand |>ersons are anxious to tils* on Oklahoma lands. All the volunteers are expected to arrive from the Philippines by June 26. The American ship John McDon ald, of New York, has been given up for lost. Forest fire near Olympia, Wash., destroyed a $16,000 logging camp equipment. The United States is said to have notified Denmark to sell its West Indies or fortify them. A Cuban committed suicide in New York because of the difficulty of learn ing the English language. The sale of postage stamps for the fiscal year just closing haa increased greatly over any previous year. P. C. Cheney, of Manchester, N. II., ex-governor of that state and also ex-United States senator, is dead. The Southern states plantd 27,532,- 000 acres of cotton thia year, an in* crease of 2,111,000 acre*. Texas fever haa been discovered among native cattle of northern Ger many, and is said to have existed more than 100 years. The Berlin city mission, headed by A. Btocker. issues each week 108,- <Xk) aermon* for those who cannot attend church, 20,000 of which are distributed in the city Washington, June 24.—Secretary today issued the order of the president establishing civil government in the Philippines. The order follows: "On and after the 4th day of July, 1901, unless it "shall be otherwise ordered, the president of the Philip pine commission will exercise the executive authority in all civil affairs in the government of the Philippine islands heretofore exercised in such affairs by the military governor of the Philippines, and to that end, William H. Taft, president of the said commission, is hereby appointed civil governor of the Philippine islands. Such executive authority will be exercised under and in con formity to the instructions of the Philippine commission, dated April 7, 1900, and subject to the approval and control of the secretary of war of the United States. “The municipal and provincial civil governments which have been or shall hereafter be established in said islands, and all persons performing duties appertaining to the offices of civil government in said islands, will, in respect to such duties, report to the said civil governor. The power to appoint civil officers heretofore vested in the Philipine commission and the military governor will be ex ercised by the civil governor, with the advice and consent of the commis sion. "The military governor of the Phil ippines is hereby relieved from the performance, on and after the said 4th day of July, 1901, of the civil duties hereinbefore described, but his authority will continue to be exer cised as heretofore in those districts in which insurrection against the authority of the United States con tinues to exist, or in which public order is not sufficiently restored to enable provincial civil governments to be established under the instruc tions to the commission, dated April 7, 1900. "By the president. "ELIHU ROOT, "Secretary of War.” NAVIGATED HELL GATE. 81« Battle-Ship Massachusetts Successfully Passed the Narrows. New York, June 22.—Without the assistance of a pilot and to demon strate that a first class battle ship could lie navigated through Hell Gate successfully, Captain Henry M. Man- ney took the big battle ship Massa chusetts through the narrows today. It was the firBt time in the history ol the navy that any commander of a war vessel of this class ever dared attempt the feat, and rivercraft and the shores were filled today to witness the trip of the Massachusetts. The passing of the mammoth fighting machine through the dangerous waters of Hell Gate successfully proves that in case of hostilities with a foreign power, a battle ship of the same draft as the Massachusetts, ii she passed the fortifications of Wil let’s Point and Fort Schuyler, could repeat the performance of the Massa chusetts. Secretary Ixmg has taken otlicial noticeof Captain Manney’s feat, and issued orders that no naval vessel the size of the Massachusetts Bhall use the Hell Gato narrows ex- cept in cases of great emergency. Ex-Insurgent Takes the O»th of Allegiance— Tw* Hundred Lives Lost in a West Virginis the Rsin Storm end Flood. Arolhos, Command Will Give Up. Bluefields, W. Va., June 24.— This section has just been visited by a flood, the extent of which in all prob ability will equal or exceed that of Johnstown in 1889, so far as the loss of property is concerned. Early yes terday morning, shortly after mid night, a heavy downpour of rain be gan, accom{>anied by a severe electric storm, which increased in volume, continuing for several hours. The storm continued throughout the entire night and day and at 10 A. M., though the storm had abated, the lowering clouds threatened another terrific downpour at any moment. Many miles of the Norfolk <fc West ern railroad track, bridges and tele graph lines are entirely destroyed and communication is entirely cut off west of Elkhorn, so that it is im possible to learn the full extent of the loss of life and property, but officials of the coal companies located in the district have sent out messengers to Elkhorn, the terminus of both tele graphic and railroad communication, and have received a report that a con servative estimate as to the loss of life will easily reach 200. Some of the drowned are among the most prominent citizens of the coal fields. The little town of Keystone, with a population of 2,000, seems the greatest sufferer, practically the entire town being washed away. This town is the principal one in the Pocahon tas coal fields, and is located near its center. It was to a great extent the headquarters from which the mining population purchased supplies. A great number of the coal and coke plants throughout the Pocahon tas district are reported practically destroyed and are in some instances entirely washed away. Owing to the high water which has flooded the dis trict and prevents communication, anything like a correct estimate of the loss of property is impossible, but from the best information obtainable the loss to the property will easily reach $2,000,000. A rough estimate places the num ber of bridges washed away between Bluefields and Vivian Yards, a dis tance of 28 miles, at from 15 to 20, and from present indications it will be impossible to run trains through to Vivian and points west of there under a week or 10 days. This will render it impossible to get relief into the stricken districts, and with those who escaped with their lives, home less and without food, indescribable suffering is inevitable. Banta Cruz, Province of Laguna, Luzon, June 25.—General Cailles sur rendered here yesterday with 650 men and 500 rifles. The oath of alleg iance was administered to the ex insurgent. Colonel Cabailles, who fled to the mountains wth a portion of his troops, likewise surrendered. Cailles did not sufficiently control the I>opulace to bring in all the insurg ents in his district. The proceed ings of surrender were orderly. It is reported that a large number of Cailles’ followers have approached him with a proposition that he issue a strongly worded proclamation de claring all Filipino insurgents who refuse to surrender to be considered as bandits, and that this proclama tion l>e published by the insurgent presidente of every town in Laguna province. Philippines. ». I. AIBl'BT, Publlehar. M c M innville . Civil SURRENDER OF CAILLES. SWEPT TO DEATH. APPOINTMENT OF TAFT. UNHILI COUNTY REPORTER. Items of Interest From All Parts of the State. — COMMERCIAL AND FINANCIAL HAPPENINGS A Brief Review of the Growth and Improve ment* of the Many Industries Through out Our Thriving Commonwealth. The town of Whitney, in Eastern Oregon, is to put in a water system. Baker City is endeavoring to have a weather bureau established in that Bity. Steamboat navigation on the Wil lamette river to Corvallis has ceaBed for the summer. Probably the last car load of 1900 potatoes in the state was shipped from Hurlburt a few days ago. The Oregon King Gold Mining Co., of Sumpter, has filed articles of incor poration. Capital, $1,000,000. Arrangements have been made to make Prairie City a “station” on the stage line and the change will be made shortly. Reports from the various sections of the Rogue river valley are to the effect that the wheat crop this year will be considerably short of the aver age. Sherman county will have an extra large wheat yield this year. A number of mines in the Robin- sonville district have been bonded. Four hundred head of cattle were purchased near Eugene at an average price of $17 per head. Ore from the Badger mine, Eastern Oregon, is shipped to San Francisco at the rate of two carloads every five days. Work is well under way on the new road from Whitney to Alamo. When completed this road will decrease the distance very materially and bring more mines into the shipping list. PORTLAND WILL CELEBRATE. President Did Not Coms But "The Fourth" Is Coming and There Will Be a Big Time. The enthusiasm which Portland ex pected to expend in the entertain ment of the president and party has been bottled up and will be let loose in the celebration of the Fourth of July. While the committee which is engaged in arranging for the cele bration is not doing much talking, it is earnestly and energetically at work on its plans, and will have several very large surprises in store for Port landers and visitors on Independence Day. The fact that cheap railroad fares will be provided on all lines into the city will doubtless prove an incentive to many residents of the neighboring cities to come in and help celebrate, and they are promised a reception which they will long re member. Bands from various outside towns will help to furnish the music, and all societies of whatever character are invited to take part in the parade. L. I). Cole, chairman of the adver tising committee is working hard to let the residents of sister cities know that they will be welcome, and he says that the city will probably enter tain more guests during the celebra tion than at any time in her history. FIGHTING IN THE SOUTH. Forty Insurgent! Killed or Wounded In Albay. Manila, June 22.—It is estimated that 40 insurgents were killed or wounded during the recent engage ments which occurred near Sorsogon- in Albay province. Many insurgents are returning to their homes. Charges of theft and sale of prop erty are made against a number of the witnesses in the commissary cases. Provost General Davis has submit ted a plan for the municipal govern ment of Manila. The United States Philippine commission is modifying it. Washington has been asked for an appropriation of $10,000 to defray the expenses of 50 Filipino teachers who are to study for a year in normal schools in the United States, these schools having offered them free tui STRIKERS FIRED UPON. tion. Two hundred soldier prisoners will Portland Markets. Thrts Mtn Shot While Trying te Enter e lie sent to the United States on the Wheat—Walla Walla, export value, transport Indiana. West Virginia Mint. 58 *4 c per bushel; bluestem, 60 *8c; Matewan. W. Va., June 22. — valley, nominal. VICTIMS OF EXPLOSION. Strained relations between the union Flour—best grades, $2.90(8:3.40 per and non-union miners here has re barrel; graham, $2.60. Three Men Were Killed and Five Others sulted in bloodshed. Yesterday seve Oats—White, $1.32*8@1.35; gray, ral hundred union miners who are $1,30(8132*8 percental. Injured. on strike marched in a body against Barley—Feed, $17(gl7.50; brewing, Kalama, Wash., June 24.—Three the Maritime mines of this palce, $17(817.50 per ton. men were killed and five others in where non-union men were at work. Millstuffs—Bran, $17 per ton; mid They tried to effect an entrance, but dlings, $21.50; shorts. $20; chop, $16. jured by the premature explosion of a blast on the Oregon <fc Washington the operators, with 20 guards armed Hay—Timothy, $12.50(814; clover, Railroad. The scene of the accident with Winchesters, blocked the en $7(89.50; Oregon wild hay, $6(8 7 per was in a deep cut about half a mile trance. The non-union miners were ton. south of this place. headed by Superintendtffit Lambert, But ter—Fancy creamery, 15(817 *8c; The cause of the explosion will per and when the union men persisted in dairy, 13(814c; store, 10(812c per haps never be known, as the men who ther attempt he gave the order to fire. pound. were working at the drill hole were Fully 50 shots were fired. Two union Eggs—17(817*8c per dozen. instantly killed. About 25 men were miners were fatallly shot and another Poultry—Chickens, mixed, $2.75(8 dangerously wounded. The union 3.75; hens, $3.00(83.50; dresses!, 9(8 working in the cut, and from the sur men did not return the fire, but dis 10c per pound; springs. $2.00(83.75 vivors it was learned that two men were loading a 12 foot drill hole with persed. per dozen ; ducks. $3(84 for old ; $2 50 All the union miners throughout (84.00 for young; geese. $4(85 ;>er No. 2 giant powder, and had put in It is supposed Mingo are collecting, and serious dozen ; turkeys, live, 8(810c; dresses!, about 100 sticks. that they had just been tamping the trouble is expected tomorrow, when 10(8 12i' per pound. powder with an iron bar, as they had they will again try to effect an Ctis'ese—Full cream, twins, 12(8 entrance to the Manitime mines. 12*«c; Young America. 13(8l3*ac per sometimes done before, when the ex plosion occurred. Sheriff Hattieldia on the scene with pound. 50 deputies. Mutton — Lambs, 3\c. gross; Americans Invade the Rand. .dresses!, 7(87 **c per pound; sheep. London, June 25.—The Johannes Will Mov« Headquarters. $3 25. gr,^ . llrPS,.hl (ji,c ,H,r p,,tlll(1. burg correspondent of the Daily Mail Denver, June 24.—George Estes. Hogs — Gross, heavy, $5 75(86; contributes a long letter to his paper, president of the Broterhood of Rail-1 light, $4.75(85; dressed, 7(87 *jc per in which he describes the American way employee, announces that the pound. trade inavsion of the Rand, aided, he Veal—Small, 7*a(88*av; large, 6*, alleges, by British apathy. The cor headquarter* of the brotherhood will (<i7c |>er pound. respondent asserts that Americans be moved from San Francisco to Den Beef—Gross top steers, $4.25(84.60; ver in the near future. I hi* organ!*- (-<lgrs gnd heifers, $3.75(84; dressed are quietly buying up shares and pushing their efforts in every direc ation admits all railway employes beef, 7(870*, per pound. tion. He says that practically all Hops—12(814c per pound. without reference to their particular the mining machinery is already Wool — Valley, ll(8l3c; Eastern line of work. It is a comparatively American and refers to a rumor to new order, but is sail! to have a large Oregon, 8(812c, mohair, 20(821c ;>er the effect that there is an American pound. movement to capture all the poorer memberhsip among the railway em Potatoes — $1.25(81.50 per sack; Rand mines. ployee of the West.. new potatoes, 12c per pound. Invasion of Cop« Colostv. Steamer Dolphin Brings Home a Shipment of $1,350,000. SEVERAL MILLIONS MORE ON THE WAY Spring Clean-up Is About Completed, and the Total Output for the Season is Esti mated at Nearly $20,000.000. Seattle, June 26.—Gold receipts by the steamer Dolphin from the Klon- iike this morning are: For the Ca nadian Bank of Commerce, $1,000,- J00; individual dust, $350,000. There was shipped from Dawson via St. Michaels, June 12 $2,500,000, and there is now on the way up the river $1,000,000. Alaska's output of gold from the spring clean up has started in a steady flow to th*4.'nited States. Over three tons of gold, or $2,500,000, is on its way down the Yukon. It will be brought from St. Michaels probably on the Roanoke. June 20 over $1,- 000,000 was on its way up the Yukon from Dawson. It will probably ar rive on the next steamer. The Dolphin left Skagway June 20. The big shipments of gold she brought came up the Yukon on the river steamers Zealandia and Canadian, leaving Dawson June 12. The gold was removed to the assay office early this morning. According to advices on the Dol phin, the miners on Eldorado creek have about finished their clean up for the season. The miners on the other creeks are also well along with the work of segregating the gold from the earth in which it is dug out during the winter, and an estimate of the total clean up for the district for the season places the amount at between $15,000,000 and $20,000,000. The next steamer from Skagway will probably be crowded to the guards with returning Klondikers. Over 150 Klondikers arrived at Skagway the day the Dolphin left. Very few of them, however, came down on her. Between 100 and 150 Dawsonites were en route to Skagway from White Horse, and fully 200 passengers from Dawson were said to. be in White Horse. All steamers leaving Dawson had full passenger lists, and two of these boats, well loaded, were on the voyage up the river. More Surrenders Expected. Manila. June 26—The insurgent general Arollio, together with a con siderable portion of the forces of Gen eral .Malvai', is exacted to surrender to the American forces at San Jose, in Batangas province. With the change from a military to a civil government of the Philippine islands, which occurs July 4, the difficulty between the department of the military secretary and civil serv ice board over the matter of holding examinations in the civil service for certain civilians now employed by the military department will disap pear. In consequence of the surrender of General Cailles, all the insurgent prisoners on Luzon island will be re leased. Information from native sources confirms previous reports that General Ma Ivar will soon sur render. DESTROYING Valuables Smuggled CHINESE Out of the FORTS. Forbidder City Sold to Foreigners. Pekin. June 26.—There has been no meeting of the ministers of the foreign powers at Pekin since the first of last week, but the ministers them selves profess satisfaction at the course of events. The Chinese forts have not yet been destroyed. It has lieen determined that each nation shall destroy those forts now occupied by its troops, but the ministers find that the respective military command ers object to destroying Chinese forts FELL FROM A WINDOW. not occupied by their troops. Conse quently the ministers will probably Adelbert S. Hay Accidently Killed at New have to employ Chinese labor to effect the destruction of the unoccupied forts Haven—Son of Secretary of State. at the expense of the different nations. New Haven, Conn., June 25.— Many Chinese enuchs have been Adelbert 8. Hay, son of Secretary selling valuables which have come Hay, and ex-consul to Pretoria, was from the Forbidden City. Th« valu found dead on the sidewalk outside ables thus sold were probably passed over the walls of the city to the the New Haven house early yesterday | enuchs’ confederates outside. One morning. beautifully carved table, which was Mr. Hay retired to his room at 1 seen in the Forbidden City only two o’clock, after spending the evening weeks ago, has been sold by a enuch No valuables of any with friends in apparently excellent for 600 taels. spirits. About 2:30 o’clock in the kind have been taken out of the city morning a few people standing out through the gates. These are guard side the hotel were startled at seeing ed by American and Japanese troops. a large white object come whirling It is estimated that the cost of repair through the air and strike the side ing the palace, independent of the walk. The night clerk of the hotel valuable works of art which are miss was immediately summoned and rec ing, will reach 250,000 tales. Members of the staff of Li Hung ognized the body as that of a young man who registered as Adelbert 8. Chang and Prince Ching say that great anxiety is felt regarding the Hay. There was considerable excitement whereabouts and safety of a large about the hotel, and a large body of quantity of gold that was buried in students and graduates, who are here the Forbidden City. Certain enuchs for the commencement exercises, soon I who knew the secret of the location gathered. A number of his former of this gold have disappeared. classmates at Yale positively identi- A Tien T*in Anniversary. tied the young man. Dr. Bartlett, the medical exam- Tien Tsin, June 25.—The first an iner, stated that Mr. Hay came to his niversary of the relief of Tien Tsin death by an accident. The clothes was celebrated yesterday. The Rus on the bed had been turned, showing sian and British authorities have pub his intention to go to bed. His licly thanked the ladies who, June clothes had been folded. On the 17, the anniversary of the beginning ledge of the window was found a part of the siege of Tien Tsin, decorated ly burned cigarette. This discovery the graves of the soldiers of all na leads to the belief that Hay had light tionalities. The Chinese insurgent ed a cigarette before retiring and had ! leader, General Mais, is here in con went to the window to smoke it. sultation with the German command Whether he was seized with a fit of ers concerning the pacification and dizziness or fell asleep on the window reconstruction of the country. ledge cannot be determined. There are no external injuries. Ran Down a Launch. Mr. Hay graduated from Yale in Boston, June 25.—While coming 1898 and had come here to attend his class triennial reunion. He was out into the harbor this morning the driving in the evening with a party steamer City of Bangor, during a of classmates and friends, and on re dense fog, ran down the naptha turning to his room left word to be launch Estelle, anchored off Deer Five men on the called at 9 o’clock next morning. island beacon. launch were thrown into the water This was the last seen of him alive. and two drowned. Only Great Britain Objects. London, June 26.—A dispatch from Pekin says: All the ministers of the foreign powers at Pekin, with the ex ception of the British minister, have agreed to the Russian proposal to in crease the Chinese tariff on imports to 10 per cent in the event of a deficien cy in the service of the indemnity. Sir Ernest Satow declares that Great Britain will only ageer to such an in crease in duty in return for the total abolition of the liken tax on inter national commerce and other conces sions. Heavy Wind Storm in North Dakota. I An Appeal for Foreign Help. Tien Tsin, June 26.—News has been received from Tai Yuen Fu, province of Shan Si, that General Tun Fo Hsiang is marching thither, and the governor of the province has appealed for foreign help in opposing his progress. Rioters Stormed a Monastery. Madrid, June 26.—The anti-clerical rioers, who have been parading the streets shouting "burn the convents, ” and who hissed the Infanta Isabella, stormed a monastry during the night. They were finally dispersed. Without Hit Signature. The American Bible Society is pre- Minot. IE.. D.. June 26. — t heavy London, June 25.—laird Kitchener ;wiring to issue editions of the Scrip has sent no report of the Waterkloopf Olympia, Wash., Jnue 26.—Gov wind storm at White Earth early ernor Rogers riled with the secretary Nsw York, June 24.—The attempts tures in 20 different Filipino dialects. mishap. Recent events in Cape today blew two box cars from a side of state today senate bill No. 4 with A gypsy fortune teller who was ar Colony seem to prove the Boer inva to float the capeised army transport track onto the main track. The out his signature. Senate bill No. 4 Ingalls at Brooklyn will probably be rested in Wyoming had bank notes to sion of that country to be serious. Great Northern flyer. west bound. is the act relative to the issuance of A letter to the Daily Mail, dated the amount of $3,500 in a belt about made tomorrow. A crew of divers is Cape Town. June 5, confirms the due here at 1 A. M., ran into the death warrants and was introduced his waist. working at cloning the porta and pro-Boer report and says the invaders i cars, and part of the train jumped by Senator Rands, of Clark county. Announcement of Coiunt von Wai- It is said two tramps It was the measure to cure which the hatches. When this is done the hull number anything from 7,000 to 10.-1 the track. will be pump'd out and the ship dersee's intention to visit America 000; that they are swarming all over were killed and several passengers recent special session was called. in the near future is taken to indicate the eastern and midland district* and | injured. The wires are down and Governor Roger* was asked why he floated and right«!. The ship does an early termination of the troubles getting recruit* and horse«. particulars unobtainable. had failed to sign the bill, but be nut appear to be seriously injured. in China. 1 refused to have anything to say. Righting th« Ingalls,